SLOW boot and LONG wait when logging out to switch users.

[damian]

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/02/2007 08:15 AM, damian wrote:
>   
>> damian wrote:
>>     
>>> I have 2 ubuntu machines. One of them is taking a long long time to get 
>>> from the gui screen starting up (cream background and spinning cursor) 
>>> and the login screen coming up. This used to take about a second, but is 
>>> not a couple of minutes.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to look behind the gui to see what's taking so long?
>>>
>>> Both machines have this same problem when logging out to switch users. 
>>> The background goes blank and the spinning cursor comes up, then it 
>>> seems to take forever before anyone can log in again.
>>>
>>> Any ideas or advice?
>>>
>>> Both machines have had MythBuntu added to them if that points to 
>>> anything. I don't see why it should, but trying to figure this out.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Damian
>>>   
>>>       
>> Any thoughts on this?
>>
>> I don't expect anyone to be able to know why the logging in and out is 
>> so slow from the information I've given, but surely there's a way to 
>> find out?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Damian
>>
>>
>>     
>
> Have you checked the usual: dmesg, /var/logs etc?
>   
I'm afraid 'the usual' is abstract and unusual to me. I'm starting to 
get my head around Linux a bit, but it's taking time.

I just typed:

dmesg, /var/logs

into my Ubuntu box via SSH and it said command not found. No doubt I did 
completely the wrong thing with your instruction.

Damian